1984 Avon Cup
Encyclopedia
The 1984 Avon Cup was a tennis
tournament played on outdoor clay courts
in Marco Island, Florida
in the United States that was part of the 1984 Virginia Slims World Championship Series
. The tournament was held from January 28 through February 3, 1985.
Bonnie Gadusek
defeated Kathleen Horvath
3–6, 6–0, 6–4
Hana Mandlíková
/ Helena Suková
defeated
Anne Hobbs
/ Andrea Jaeger
3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament played on outdoor clay courts
Tennis court
A tennis court is where the game of tennis is played. It is a firm rectangular surface with a low net stretched across the center. The same surface can be used to play both doubles and singles.-Dimensions:...
in Marco Island, Florida
Marco Island, Florida
Marco Island is a city in Collier County, Florida, United States, located on an island by the same name in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Southwest Florida. It is a principal city of the Naples–Marco Island Metropolitan Statistical Area...
in the United States that was part of the 1984 Virginia Slims World Championship Series
1984 Virginia Slims World Championship Series
The 1984 Virginia Slims World Championship Series was the 12th season since the foundation of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced in January, 1984, and concluded in December, 1984 after events....
. The tournament was held from January 28 through February 3, 1985.
Women's Singles
Bonnie GadusekBonnie Gadusek
Bonnie Gadusek is a former professional tennis player from the United States, who retired in April 1987....
defeated
Kathleen HorvathKathleen Horvath
Erica Kathleen "Kathy" Horvath is a former professional tennis player.-Career:Horvath was the youngest player to win the U.S. National 16s in 1979. She also is the only player to ever win all four age groups in the U.S...
3–6, 6–0, 6–4
- It was Gadusek's 1st title of the year and the 2nd of her career.
Women's Doubles
Hana MandlíkováHana Mandlíková
Hana Mandlíková is a former Czech professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia and later Australia. During her career, she won four Grand Slam singles titles – two at the Australian Open, one at the French Open, and one at the US Open...
/
Helena SukováHelena Suková
Helena Suková is a former professional tennis player from Czechia. During her career, she won 14 Grand Slam titles, 9 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles...
defeated
Anne HobbsAnne Hobbs
Anne Hobbs is a British former professional tennis player.-Tennis career:Hobbs represented Great Britain in the Wightman Cup and Federation Cup from 1978 to 1989...
/
Andrea JaegerAndrea Jaeger
Andrea Jaeger is a former World No. 2 professional tennis player from the United States whose brief but highly successful tennis career ended prematurely due to major shoulder injuries. Jaeger reached the singles final of Wimbledon in 1983 and the French Open in 1982...
3–6, 6–2, 6–2
- It was Mandlíková's 3rd title of the year and the 23rd of her career. It was Suková's 1st title of the year and the 2nd of her career.